Beet-puller.



W. D. NASON. BEI-1T PULLER. rrLloA'r-Ion mmv Amm. a1. 190s.

Patented Apnz?, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 27, 1909.

Application led December 21, 1908. Serial No. 468,486.

To all whom it' may concern:

Be it known that l, VVIRT DEXTER Nason, citizen of the United States, residing at Le Roy,

In the accompanyingv .I drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indi. cate like parts throughout' the several views.`

Referring to the drawings: ,Figure l Vis a' view in side elevation, `with some parts broken away, showing the improved puller; Fig.' 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line :r2 .r2 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is afront eleva--d tion of the device some partsbeing broken away.

A wooden lever or hand bar l is provided at its lower end with a blade 2, preferably formed channel 'shaped and .tapered to a sharp edge at its lower end. `Extending transversely of, and intermediately pivoted tothe lower end portion of the leverl and to the flanged upper portion of the blade 2, is a rocking cross bar or lever 3, to one end of which a depending blade 4t is secured, and to the other endV of which a depending fulcrum bracket 5, shown as affordedby a bent metal strap, `is rigidly secured. Vas shown by means of a nutted bolt 6. The bar 3 from its central portion toward its right hand end, as shown yin Figs. land 2, lis bifurcated so that it straddles the. lever l and the upper end of the blade 1l, and it is provided with a nutted clamping beltv 7 whichserves to Adraw the prongs of the said bar tightly onto the upper end of the blade Ll, thereby rigidly but detachably holding the latter. A flexible strapv 8 attached at its upper end to thelever l and at its lower end v to the left hand end portion ofthe bar 3, limits the movement of from the blade 2.

In pulling a beet bythe use of this device,

in the county ofMower and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usetul Improvements in Beet-lullers,

appertains to make the .blade 4 awayv the device when its blades 2 and 4l are in the relativepositions shown in Fig. 1, is forced into the ground with one blade on each side of the beet. Then the beet is pulled by movement of the lever, so as to throw the .weight and the pulling strain onto the fulcrum bracket 5, which latter will be tightly pressed against the ground and serve as a base of reaction for the device in pulling the beet out of the ground. The very great leverage afforded by this device, makes the pulling of a beet a very easy matter. As is evident, in the pulling action, the blade i Vis forced toward the blade 2, so that the two blades tightly grip and hold the beet while it is being pulled.

In raising beets in large quantities as is done for sugar producing purposes, the pulling of Vbeets requires a large amount of labor. Large beets, which are rooted deep lin t-he ground, are very hard to pull with the hands, but with this improved device, thef most deeply rooted beets may be very .quickly and easily pulled.

vWhat l claim is: p

1. In a puller of the kind described, the

combination with a lever and a cross bar intermediately pivoted thereto, of a pair of coperating pulling blades, one secured to the lower end of said lever and the other secured to and depending from one end of said cross bar, a ground engaging fulcrum bracket secured to the Vother end of said cross bar, and a connection for limiting the movement of said two blades toward each other,'substantially as described.

2411i a puller of the kind described, the combination with a lever and a bifurcated cross bar intermediately pivoted thereto, a pulling blade secured to the lower end of said lever, a'second pulling blade inserted betweenthe prongs of said bifurcated bar, a nutted bolt passed through the prongs of said bifurcated bar, clamping the same onto the said interposed blade, and a fulcrum bracket applied to the other end of the said bar, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WIRT DEXTER NASON.

v,VVitnessesz Gmo. W.. HARDEN, A. J. HAYES. 

